κατάγειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[κατάγαιος]], ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[under the earth]], [[subterranean]], θησαυρός <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.150</span>; οἰκήματα <span class="bibl">Id.3.97</span>, etc.; [[οἰκία]]ι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.25</span>; οἴκησις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>514a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>320e</span>; [[ἐκ τοῦ καταγείου]] = [[from below ground]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>532b</span>; [[οἰκίσκος]] κατάγειος [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[on the ground]], <b class="b3">τὰ κατάγεια</b> [[ground-floor]] [[room]]s, opp. [[ὑπερῷα]], <span class="bibl">D.H.10.32</span>; <b class="b3">στρουθοὶ κατάγειοι</b> [[ostrich]]es, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.175</span>, <span class="bibl">192</span>; cf. [[κατώγειος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Subst., [[κατάγειον]] or [[κατάγαιον]], [[τό]], [[cellar]], POxy.75.19 (ii A.D.), etc.</span>